Etrian Odyssey
by Atlus
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Product Summary
Brand: AtlusRelease Date: 2007-05-09
Platform: Nintendo DS
Model: 40008
Publisher: Atlus
Product features:
- Use the DS Touch Screen to make your own maps - Plot your progress through the labyrinth, drawing walls and placing icons to note special events and items
- Choose from nine different character classes - Create a woodland survivalist, shield-bearing protector, whip-wielding dark hunter, or a half-dozen other types
- Populate an entire adventurer's guild with up to 20 characters
- Exciting battles fough through turn-based strategic combat
- Collect more than 20 unique battle skills and split them across 5 different adventuring charactrers
Video Game Reviews of Etrian Odyssey
Customer Review: For old-school RPG masochists. Others need not apply.
Summary: 4 Stars
Etrian Odyssey is not for everyone. In fact, Etrian Odyssey is probably for very few people. It's a decidedly niche title, and if you have either outgrown "old-school" role-playing mechanics or are expecting a cinematic experience on the level of today's Japanese role-playing adventures, this game will disappoint you.
That said, Etrian Odyssey will very likely greatly satisfy anyone in its target market. The mapmaking tools are there for anyone who fondly recalls drawing their own maps for their adventures (Metroid comes to mind), and the character customization system is surprisingly robust, with each character class boasting anywhere from ten to twenty different upgradeable skills. It's incredibly difficult, too, which should satisfy anyone who's waded knee-deep into dungeon crawlers and roguelike and lived to tell about it.
Further, there's a host of different enemies to battle, pickups to collect, items to craft, and sidequests to take. The artwork is splendid too, and though most of it consists of static drawings, the overall visual experience is quite nice. The dungeons are rendered in 3D with polygons, and of course the Nintendo DS can't boast the graphical prowess of today's higher-end systems or even the PSP, but the 3D still runs smoothly with enough detail to not make it look like a mess.
The gameplay largely consists of going into the dungeon, exploring it, fighting enemies in a turn-based battle system reminiscent of older Dragon Quests, with a variety of weapons and magic spells. You will hop back to town frequently to heal up and replenish used items, sometimes supplying the weaponsmith with items needed for new weapons, and then delve right back in to venture deeper into the dungeon.
With regards to its intentions, then, Etrian Odyssey succeeds on every level. The only issue is the limited market appeal this game will have; not that it's a knock on the game itself, but unless you -- dear player -- fit the criteria, you should likely avoid this game. Etrian Odyssey is great at what it sets out to do, and what it sets out to do is admirable and entertaining, but it's also only for a select few people.
Description of Etrian Odyssey
Etrian Odyssey is a role-player with anime-style art and exciting gameplay. In a vast and fertile land lies a small town known as Etria, a peaceful village that became famous fora startling discovery. A crack in the vast forest opened at Etria's edge, leading downward like a gaping maw. Those who hear rumors of the labyrinth of Etria, whether young or old, begin to harbor dreams of exploring it. Riches, fame and prestige wait for the adventurer that can survive the Etrian Odyssey. All-star production staff, with direction and sound/story work by some of Japan's most gifted&experienced game deisgners Beautiful 3D graphics - Explore warm, inviting, forest environments rendered in an original 3D engineAction Games
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